Politics and Knesset
“We have an interest in advancing this phase, not delaying it,” the premier told Knesset lawmakers.
The opposition lawmaker says Israelis agree on 80% of key issues.
The four parties formed a united bloc in the past, but since split. Surging crime in the Arab sector is propelling their reunification.
Enabling ride-sharing services, limiting the state’s right to appeal citizens’ acquittals are among the initiatives driven by the Blue and White lawmaker.
“The cat is out of the bag: proof that Lapid and Bennett will form a government” with Islamists, the prime minister tweeted.
“The countries that resuscitated Hamas cannot be the ones that replace it,” said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
The move would trigger a Knesset reshuffle and bolster support for legislation regulating conscription of ultra-Orthodox men.
Institutional anomaly, media power and the struggle over democratic authority.
The “Who is a Jew Bill,” introduced by lawmaker Avi Maoz, of the right-wing opposition Noam Party, was opposed by 60 of 120 Knesset members.
The Blue and White Party leader also urges Lapid, Liberman and Eisenkot to to do so, as well, if needed.
Fifty-three percent of respondents said Benjamin Netanyahu is best suited to be prime minister.
The Likud legislator calls on all Knesset members to unite for the good of the nation.
